An Overview on Software Reconfiguration

Dynamical software reconfiguration represents a major direction in nowadays research due to its promise of providing faster solutions to ever changing problems by adding more flexibility to any given software solution at the cost of processing power, cost which given the relentless progress made by hardware manufacturers is becoming insignificant. This paper was designed as a complete overview of the software reconfiguration paradigm, looking at it from all the relevant angles - pros and cons, where to use and where not to use, challenges and solutions in implementation.